At least we agree on the ignorance of managers and executives :)
Heh.
programmers who prey on the ignorance of managers and executives to convince them in uselessness of productivity enhancing technologies so that the programmers can enjoy building their own productivity enhancing technologies that are subjectively (and very rarely objectively) superior to alternatives
I'm not sure I agree with that. It's true that programmers often want to build something instead of buy off-the-shelf solutions. But in my observation, they're right as often as wrong. Then again, it's true many programmers prefer their own intellectual gratification above all else.
You're quite right that I haven't surveyed all recent workflow systems and my generalization shouldn't be applied to all of them. I'm talking about a pattern I've observed and am highly skeptical of.
Heh.
programmers who prey on the ignorance of managers and executives to convince them in uselessness of productivity enhancing technologies so that the programmers can enjoy building their own productivity enhancing technologies that are subjectively (and very rarely objectively) superior to alternatives
I'm not sure I agree with that. It's true that programmers often want to build something instead of buy off-the-shelf solutions. But in my observation, they're right as often as wrong. Then again, it's true many programmers prefer their own intellectual gratification above all else.
You're quite right that I haven't surveyed all recent workflow systems and my generalization shouldn't be applied to all of them. I'm talking about a pattern I've observed and am highly skeptical of.